. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 17.

Published in final edited form as: J Fam Psychol. 2015 Jun;29(3):331–338. doi: 10.1037/fam0000093

Table 3.

Associations Between Changes in Patient Illness Severity and Spouse Well-Being and the Moderating Effects of Relationship Closeness

Predictor	T1–T2 Positive affect change			T1–T2 Depressive symptom change			T1–T2 Life satisfaction change
Predictor	β	SE	ΔR²	β	SE	ΔR²	β	SE	ΔR²
Step 1			.31^***			.10^**			.26^***
T1: Spouse well-being	−.44^***	.08		−.24^**	.09		−.53^***	.09
T1: Patient well-being	.24^**	.08		.36^***	.10		.11	.09
Step 2			.01			.03			.01
T1: Patient illness severity	−.07	.08		−.17^†	.10		.001	.09
T2: Relationship closeness	.07	.09		.07	.09		−.05	.09
Step 3			.002			.01			.03^*
T1–T2: Illness severity change	−.04	.08		.11	.09		−.20^*	.08
Step 4			.02^*			.03^*			.004
Illness severity change × Closeness	−.16^*	.08		.17^*	.08		.07	.08
Total R²			.35			.17			.30

Note. T1 = Time 1; T2 = Time 2; T1–T2 = change in scores from T1 to T2. All models controlled for change in spouse self-rated health from T1–T2. The model for positive affect change also controlled for spouse age and T1 spouse marital satisfaction. The model for life satisfaction change also controlled for spouse age, T1 spouse marital satisfaction, and marital duration.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.